Stillness: Portal to Power and Creation

Laure of Nature
Aug 10
6 min read

Inspirations for August 2025: Stillness is Your Superpower | Tap into the Lion’s Gate & Accelerate Your Healing

We live in a world obsessed with doing. But what if the key to your next level of healing, creation, and power… is actually stillness? I recently felt that pressure of wanting to let go of everything and found myself checking into a lovely Ayurvedic little retreat in the heart of Herefordshire. Going back into the regular practice of yoga, mediation and chanting was exactly what I needed to get myself through this period!

Right now — as we pass through the Lion’s Gate Portal (8/8) — a powerful window of cosmic activation is open to you up until the 12th of August. This is not just astrology; it’s an energetic invitation to remember who you are and create from your soul — not your stress.

Stillness is not about zoning out or becoming passive. It’s about becoming so aligned that the next step reveals itself. Your body heals faster, your intuition strengthens, and you begin to manifest from presence, not pressure.

Why Stillness Accelerates Everything

Stillness:

Balances the nervous system — a key for gut-brain harmony.
Aligns your vibration with your higher self and truest desires.
Opens space for divine intelligence to guide you.
Transmutes anxiety into creative power.
Regulates your gut microbiome by calming cortisol and inflammation.

As Sara Landon says in her book: The 15 success principles for self realization , “Stillness is the portal to all creation.”

Tools to Access Stillness Now

Breath holds (box breathing or triangle breathing): Calms the vagus nerve and gut tension.
Slow movement: Gentle walks, somatic stretches, yin yoga.
Meditation: Even 5 minutes of silence per day rewires your reality.
Bitters + herbal infusions: Lemon balm, passionflower, and tulsi are incredible for soothing the nervous system and supporting digestion.
Digital boundaries: Protect your energetic field from noise.

Lion’s Gate Energy (July 26 – August 12, peaking 8/8)

The Lion’s Gate opens every year when the Sun in Leo aligns with Sirius — our spiritual sun — and the Earth, creating a portal for heightened energy flow between the physical and spiritual realms. This alignment activates your heart, soul, and higher blueprint and offers a powerful opportunity to manifest dreams and invite more light into our lives.

This is a powerful time to:

Tune into your soul’s purpose
Activate a new timeline of health + creation
Let go of old programming stored in the body and gut
Receive downloads in stillness that align you with true abundance

Reflexion: What am I ready to receive now that I choose stillness over striving?

This Month, choose Space Over Stress

Let this be the time you stop trying to force your next step. Let your gut settle. Let your heart lead. Let the cosmic energy carry you.

Stillness isn’t the absence of movement. It’s the presence of alignment.

Affirmation: In stillness, I remember who I truly am, I stand in my power and trust in my life's path.

The late summer month of August also holds significance in Chinese medicine as it is associated with the EARTH element, represented by the colours yellow and orange and is also connected to thyroid energy, bridging the gap between our heart and mind. It provides an opportunity for us to elevate ourselves by nurturing our soul through heart energy. Discovering inner peace and radiating our light to the world is a core purpose of our existence, emphasizing the importance of showing love to all beings.

Maintaining well-being during such transformative periods significantly relies on a clean diet. Following my Ayurvedic retreat, I've been making more specific recipes tailored to my doshas and the seasons.

Cooling Kitchari for Stillness & Solar Alignment

This Ayurvedic one-pot meal gently detoxifies, supports digestion, and grounds Vata while cooling Pitta — ideal for the heat of Leo season and spiritual integration during the Lion’s Gate portal. It is a great recipe to use up excess courgettes and also great to use for stuffing large marrows!

Good to Know: Upcoming Markets

Markets, check our Calendar for exact dates and locations:

Roath Market: 2nd Saturday of the Month
Wenvoe: 2nd Sunday of each month.
Usk Market: 3rd Saturday of the month
Kenfig Market: 3rd Sunday of the Month

Festival Season and Community Events

Aberdare Food Festival (Sept)
Newport Food Festival (Oct)

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The Fermentation Club at Bacareto has launched!

We had such a lovely time at our fermentation launch on the 16th of July. Our guest speaker Alex brought so many fermented sodas and foods to try, it was really mind-blowing. So we are now continuing with our Autumn session focused on cultured vegetables: Kraut, Kimchi, and Kvass with our special guest, author and microbiologist, Caroline Gilmartin. It will be another exciting session to open up your knowledge in fermentation on Wednesday, the 1st of October, from 6:45–9:30 PM!

The tickets will first be offered to those who attended our last session, then will be open to a wider audience. Keep an eye on our calendar and Instagram posts for tickets!

The evening will be a delicious blend of tasting, sharing, and learning in a relaxed, community-centered atmosphere.

To elevate the experience, you’ll have the option to enjoy a plate of special seasonal Cichetti (Venetian tapas) from Bacareto. Come curious, leave inspired!

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Grouped Deliveries Outside of Cardiff

We have two separate delivery runs each month that go east of Cardiff one week and west of Cardiff the next. Please get in touch if you live in or around the areas detailed below and want a Water Kefir delivery:

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Workshops and Talks on Fermentation and Digestive Health

Fermentation Club Autumn Edition: Wednesday 01.10.25 at Bacareto, 6.45 PM until 9.30 PM.

We have released our workshops for the rest of the year!

St Peters Community Center, Fairwater - Saturdays: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM:

- Sat 27.09.25: Lacto fermentation, make your own kraut, gut health.

- Sat 25.10.25: Theme TBC

- Sat 15.11.25: Theme TBC

Please check out our linktree or my calendar for the latest updates on which markets I’ll be attending in the coming months, along with links to workshops, festivals, and gatherings.

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